AB-SOUL

Can Anybody Hear Me Lyrics

[Hook:]I've tried to do rightSeems as though the only way is selling my soulIt's getting hard out hereDoes anybody feel me?Cause I'm drowning in shameTrying to maintainWide awake chasing my dreamsIs anybody out there?Can anybody hear me?

[Verse 1: Ab-Soul]Sometimes I gotta ask myself what do I do it forIs it to cover up the fact I'm really insecure?See music made it possible for me to be somebodySo if you had to say yourselfIs my intention pure?Am I the next Shakur?Or an intention whore?Am I big in this prom or am I prematureDoes anybody feel me or am I too far to reachLike the edge of the world, from Redondo beachSome say I manifest destiny when I'm on these beatsOthers say I ain't flashy enough to shineYou need a chain at leastAnd you can be more hoodYou got niggas on both sidesYou acting like you ain't goodWell you from Carson right[?] was tightAnd you hotBut can you make another soul on iceEverybody trynna tell me what I shouldn't and shouldBut will they still wanna [?] it up when I go 'wood

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[Verse 2: Punch]My niggas searching for a pot o' goldI can [?] to cool my heart to stonePumping cement through my veinsTaking everything for grantedWho can recognise my painY'all niggas never did hear meSo I quit calling out to niggasLet y'all deal with it, I figuredWhy cast my pearls to swineIf you don't know about grapesI couldn't tell you 'bout wineI couldn't tell you 'bout these linesThey just hit me like rainWithout a cloud in the skyOn a summer's dayAy, I guess it's how I was raisedAccurate knowledge, while my peers frolicked and playedMy product was in some ways, disrupting my coming of ageFuture looking dim and Ab-Soul wear shadesI'd never cover my faceI look death in the eyes, didn't blink one timeI never felt more alive than that dayBut who's to say I'm differentAnd when I speak niggas scared they ain't listeningAnd that's beyond meBut I believe just four more minutesAnd the truth was stranger than fiction once reality get to kicking inIt's like the modern day Noah's Ark, they took no noteTheir bare heart came back and bit them no their hope floatingThat's why I'm fishing through a sea of niggasThey don't hear me and I don't see 'em niggas

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[Verse 3: Ab-Soul]You see, it's like the Titanic sceneWith the rescue boatsSlash dramatic in thatI can save y'all with quotesI dropped the gym adrenaline accelerated my pulseAnd I can say it's dope but what do I really knowCurrently the word is that I'm too abstractI can barely get my engineer to mix my tracksI'm trynna provide you with factsTrynna keep it realBut y'all not interested in thatYou're more concerned with my appealYou rather see me on youtube, unconcealing and stillOr on WorldstarHipHop, with diamonds in my wristwatchOr a media take-outVictim of a media stakeoutCursing them out so badMost of my words were blanked outI hate it when my name is mentioned with the same niggasWho other than their DNA are the same niggasThey in the same circle, fuck the same bitchesShake the same hands, man I'm trynna expandFor me it's gotta be to catch a flight back to CarsonI'm a need a passport for itIf you don't wanna hear me do your boy a favourAnd press fast-forward, and listen to the emotion in the chorusNo this ain't a [?] outfitBut if it was I wore itCome from a different cloth, rippin my barsPauseWith my bare hands I can move the earthJust cause I said it in my verseThat's the power of wordsYou may not ever get what I was trying to accomplishI might not ever get to do a song with JayAnd hear him brag on Hot97 about how I'm so [?]I'm ready to throw in the towel like laundry dayBut I feel as though I've reached the point of no returnLike an expired thirty day warrantyAnd I deserve to be the best artist you heardAnd I put that on, [?]That's my word